Daina M. Eglite

Regional General Manager at euroscript, DACH&CEE

Interests

New media and digital tools, interior design, architecture, art of sales and business management, travelling, cities, movies and fitness.

Experience & Values

Start-up environment and self-motivation

Persuasive team management

Performance driven organisation

Transparent and open culture

Belief in data analytics

Languages

Latvian - native proficiency

English - full professional proficiency

German - basic working proficiency

Russian - basic working proficiency

French - elementary proficiency

Summary

Experienced general manager of fast-growing international businesses

Passionate about great design and tools for immersive and personalized digital experience.Strong background in online content management and new product implementation, organisational development, building sales teams, establishing business partnerships.Excellent record in P&L management and managing fast company growth in multi cultural environment.

Work experience

Jan 2014Present

General Regional Manager DACH & CEE

euroscript International, Berlin, Germany

Ensure global strategic development and performance efficiency in the DACH and CEE regions as represented by the offices in Germany, Switzerland, Latvia, Poland, Hungary, Slovenia and Romania.

Set in place a suitable corporate governance model and support all the core business managers to unlock the full potential of the region.

Jun 2011Present

Managing Director

euroscript Deutschland, Berlin, Germany

Overall general responsibility for development of the company with a main focus on change management, driving sales as well as production efficiency and process alignment.

Jun 2008Jun 2011

Managing Director

euroscript Baltic, Riga, Latvia

During the 3 years under my management the company has experienced a dramatic growth both in revenues and profitability: company revenues doubled, while profitability indicators rose significantly above the industry standard. As a result, euroscript Baltic is now the leading Language Service Provider(LSP) in the Baltic region and one of the leading profit generators for euroscript globally.

The main factors driving the positive change are setting and implementing a clear strategy, building and leading the management and sales team, as well as establishing and maintaining customer oriented approach and processes.

Feb 2006Jun 2008

Business Development Manager

euroscript Baltic, Riga, Latvia

My main responsibility was ensuring successful sales of language and technical writing services and development of new related products in content management area. This included such tasks as account and project management, market research, planning and controlling sales and marketing budgets, analyzing costs and setting sales prices. I was also preparing proposals to public and private customers, negotiating contracts, as well as coordinating marketing and PR activities.

Aug 2001Feb 2006

Business Unit Manager, Baltic countries

Tilde, Riga, Latvia

My task was to develop a line of innovative services with streaming media products. It included consumer media sites for television and other multimedia content in the Baltic countries, as well as streaming media services to other web portals (Delfi.lv, Apollo.lv and others) to complement their content. Other B2B offerings included audiovisual media monitoring, mobile broadcasting, video advertising and customer video portal development, maintenance and support, as well as organizing live video transmissions over the Internet, the major one of which was the Eurovision Song Contest worldwide.

I also won the bid and implemented an internal video broadcasting system for the State Chancellery of the Republic of Latvia. This job was challenging by having to develop an innovative service line in yet an underdeveloped Internet environment. It centered around building various partnerships for content and technologies: TV companies, telecommunication companies, mobile operators, event organizers, producers and distributors, news agencies and portals.

Mar 1999Aug 2001

News Editor, Content Development Manager

Delfi Online News Portal delfi.lv

As one of the very first employees of the leading news portal, I had an opportunity to be involved and take the responsibility of the new media development, content partnerships, site architecture and design, as well as everyday publishing operations, news and photo selection. During the first year we reached the goal of 1 million pageviews per day which was incredible in the country of 2 million population with weak internet coverage. I was also involved in the pan-Baltic content development decisions and supporting first advertising moves in the market where web media were not yet seen as serious players.

Education

20032007

MBA

Riga Business School, Riga Technical University

In alliance with the University at Buffalo, State University of New York, and the University of Ottawa.

Master Thesis: Entry Strategy of Content Management Services in the Local Market.

Jan 2001Jan 2001

Management of Small and Medium Enterprise

Mediterranean Institute of Management (Cyprus)

International program for small and medium enterprise managers, 6 weeks

19921998

BA, English Philology

University of Latvia

Bachelor Thesis: Introducing Legal Terms of Acquis Communitaire of the European Union in the Latvian Language.